Forums | MacLife
You are not logged in.
#1 2008-05-15 6:53 pm
This is ridiculous
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 … ewer_N.htm
SACRAMENTO (AP) — Vaune Dillmann thought the wording on his bottle caps was just a clever play on the name of the Northern California town where he brews his beer — Weed.
Federal alcohol regulators thought differently. They have ordered Dillmann to stop selling beer bottles with caps that say "Try Legal Weed."
While reviewing the proposed label for Dillmann's latest beer, Lemurian Lager, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau said the message on the caps he has been using for his five current beers amounts to a drug reference.
In a letter explaining its decision, the agency, which regulates the brewing industry, said the wording could "mislead consumers about the characteristics of the alcoholic beverage."
Dillmann scoffs at the notion that his label has anything to do with smoking pot.
I like their Golden Ale.
I love their Pale Ale.
I think the caps are awesome.
In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
Jenny had a pistol in the other
-- Steve Taylor
Offline
#2 2008-05-15 7:01 pm
- mo' ron
- PS3 4 EVA
- From: NC, USA
- Registered: 2002-10-15
- Posts: 14253
Re: This is ridiculous
I think this is true " the wording could "mislead consumers about the characteristics of the alcoholic beverage."
But I don't know if its the place of the fed. gov to step in and force him to change it.
What is the difference between Vista and OSX?
- Microsoft employees are excited about OSX.
Offline
#3 2008-05-15 7:09 pm
- Tallgeese
- Sternly Advising
- From: Pool Party
- Registered: 2000-10-17
- Posts: 34096
Re: This is ridiculous
Same thing happened with the "Cocaine" energy drink. How much dumber can the feds get?
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
Offline
#4 2008-05-15 7:13 pm
- SonicSamurai
- Tachikoma!
- From: Section 9
- Registered: 2003-01-28
- Posts: 5129
Re: This is ridiculous
Meanwhile, FREE ADVERTISING.
Offline
#5 2008-05-15 7:27 pm
- Farmerkev
- Official Dementor
- Moderator
- Registered: 2003-01-03
- Posts: 18624
Re: This is ridiculous
Their new slogan will be "Going to Pot".
Do your part to combat global warming.
Eat a cow.
Offline
#6 2008-05-15 7:57 pm
Re: This is ridiculous
Personally I think due to the elevation in Weed, CA (3,425 - located right near the base of Mt Shasta) - they should use "High in Weed" 
While it wouldn't fit on the bottle cap -
"A Quality Weed Product"
In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
Jenny had a pistol in the other
-- Steve Taylor
Offline
#7 2008-05-15 10:46 pm
Re: This is ridiculous
Just how is this guy's beer any of the federal government's business, anyway?
Offline
#8 2008-05-15 11:24 pm
Re: This is ridiculous
It shouldn't be.
Offline
#9 2008-05-16 1:22 am
- JakeTheTall
- Cargo Cultist
- From: In Permanent Opposition
- Registered: 2003-03-13
- Posts: 9615
Re: This is ridiculous
The ATF disagrees.
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.
Offline
#10 2008-05-16 1:30 am
Re: This is ridiculous
I sent them an e-mail suggesting the following replacement :
Approved by Mary Jane 
In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
Jenny had a pistol in the other
-- Steve Taylor
Offline
#11 2008-05-16 5:24 am
- Arc
- Oh my God.
- Registered: 2000-12-19
- Posts: 2243
Re: This is ridiculous
Shades of Stoner's Pot Palace?
Admins! I've been waiting for you!
Offline
#13 2008-05-16 7:46 am
Re: This is ridiculous
resedit wrote:
What happened to Stoner ?
er, I mean stoned.
He was a cool guy.
In her right hand Jenny held the Bible of her mother
Jenny had a pistol in the other
-- Steve Taylor
Offline
#14 2008-05-16 8:28 am
Re: This is ridiculous
JakeTheTall wrote:
The ATF disagrees.
If this guy was making and selling his beer inside one state, the ATF has no authority to disagree.
Offline
#15 2008-05-16 8:32 am
- Pithecanthropus
- Roast Master
- From: St. Cloud, MN
- Registered: 2002-12-30
- Posts: 4456
- Website
Re: This is ridiculous
What happened to free speech? I mean this is on his bottle caps, right? It's not in his Federally Required list of ingredients?
If this guy had deep pockets he could probably fight this.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
Offline
#16 2008-05-16 9:31 am
- user
- Your plastic pal who's fun to be with
- From: I'm not getting you down, am I
- Registered: 2001-10-15
- Posts: 16035
Re: This is ridiculous
The Feds have been attacking any idea that marijuana is funny, mild or even useful.
They'd love to go back to the reefer madness days when hopped-up darkies threaten our wimmen.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
Offline
#17 2008-05-16 11:09 am
- zoees
- Member
- From: Maryland
- Registered: 2001-08-14
- Posts: 2690
Re: This is ridiculous
This is just one more thing that clearly shows they're losing ground with each new generation of kids. How very transparent.
"I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do".—D. Dale Gulledge
Offline
#18 2008-05-16 12:09 pm
Re: This is ridiculous
January just can't come soon enough.
It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.
- Oscar Wilde
Offline
#19 2008-05-16 12:11 pm
- radarman
- Member
- Registered: 2005-02-28
- Posts: 3618
Re: This is ridiculous
robco wrote:
January just can't come soon enough.
You really think anything is going to change? Sure, we will finally have a president that can speak in complete sentences, and who likely won't embarrass the nation every time he's allowed out of the White House, but in all seriousness, I don't see it.
Maybe I'm getting cynical, but I don't see anything changing substantially no matter who wins.
Offline
#20 2008-05-16 12:42 pm
Re: This is ridiculous
I think we'll have someone who will appoint people based (at least in part) on their competence and experience opposed to simply putting in folks who have the right political ideology. Clinton and Bush 41 had their moments, but did - for the most part - appoint competent people to head up government organizations.
I'm not even sure why the ATF even exists. There's a whole lot of federal law enforcement agencies running around nowadays. How did that happen?
It is an odd thing, but every one who disappears is said to be seen at San Francisco. It must be a delightful city, and possess all the attractions of the next world.
- Oscar Wilde
Offline
#21 2008-05-16 12:47 pm
- JakeTheTall
- Cargo Cultist
- From: In Permanent Opposition
- Registered: 2003-03-13
- Posts: 9615
Re: This is ridiculous
Daniel wrote:
JakeTheTall wrote:
The ATF disagrees.
If this guy was making and selling his beer inside one state, the ATF has no authority to disagree.
Then I got nothing.
Jesus said to the servants, "Fill the jars with water"; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet." They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew.
Offline
#22 2008-05-16 1:11 pm
- dv
- Negusa Negest
- Moderator
- From: Minneapolis, MN
- Registered: 1999-08-30
- Posts: 18098
Re: This is ridiculous
JakeTheTall wrote:
Daniel wrote:
JakeTheTall wrote:
The ATF disagrees.
If this guy was making and selling his beer inside one state, the ATF has no authority to disagree.
Then I got nothing.
Except it's very, very difficult to not be involved in interstate commerce these days. So, irl... 
"Now commences the process of cutting off the head, which generally takes from an hour to an hour and a half by an expert workman with a sharp blade." -Reuben Delano, Wanderings and Adventures
Offline
#23 2008-05-16 1:25 pm
- Tallgeese
- Sternly Advising
- From: Pool Party
- Registered: 2000-10-17
- Posts: 34096
Re: This is ridiculous
I bet the aluminum his beer caps are made of came from another state. Whoops, interstate commerce! Feds can get their hands in it!
I still believe in liberalism today as much as I ever did, but, oh, there was a happy time when I believed in liberals.
Offline
#24 2008-05-16 1:34 pm
- sturner
- Royal High Poobah
- Moderator
- From: Carrollton, TX USA
- Registered: 2000-01-31
- Posts: 13816
Re: This is ridiculous
He was reported on nationally. Get him again !
I'm not dead yet.
There are 3 types of people, those who can count and those who can't.
"There are few things graven in stone, excepting your date of death."
Offline
#25 2008-05-16 2:30 pm
- zoees
- Member
- From: Maryland
- Registered: 2001-08-14
- Posts: 2690
Re: This is ridiculous
Mommy, can I go to the movies with the guys?
NO! I told you that it will give you nightmares!
But Mom, how do you know I will?
You just will cause I said so- now go and be a good little boy.
OK.
"I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do".—D. Dale Gulledge
Offline
